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Blithe, Sarah Jane; Fidelibus, Brian – College Teaching, 2022
This paper describes a collaboration between one faculty instructor and seven undergraduate student collaborators. Together, the team designed a new college course. The analysis provides a practical way for educational leaders to challenge the authority of knowledge--engaging students in their education and motivating faculty to freshen their…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Undergraduate Students, Teacher Student Relationship, Cooperation
Carroll, Kathleen A.; Harris, Carolynn M. – College Teaching, 2021
The ability to synthesize and communicate complicated problems with confidence is paramount for success in STEM fields, but programs tend to overemphasize memorization. We conducted a preliminary study to determine if asking students to repeatedly link materials: (1) improved students' ability to build connections; and (2) increased students'…
Descriptors: Repetition, Course Objectives, Ecology, STEM Education
Freeman, Edward – College Teaching, 2012
Over the past several years I have taught a career orientation course at St. John Fisher College. This course was designed to increase student awareness of potential careers following their undergraduate studies in our Biology program. Additionally, the course has also been used as a model for similar experiences in our Psychology, Chemistry,…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Majors (Students), Career Development, Career Planning

Yang, Hong – College Teaching, 2001
Discusses the design, rationale, and objectives of the course "Environmental Study in China," an upper-level course taught for business students at Bryant College in Rhode Island. Describes the study trip, including insights, challenges, and students' reactions. (EV)
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Course Objectives, Environmental Education, Field Trips

Toppins, Anne Davis – College Teaching, 1987
A unit on adult learning with an exercise based on the theories of Malcolm Knowles and Allen Tough is described. After students in the class see that they actually planned and directed much of their significant adult learning, they are eager to join in the process of modifying course objectives. (MLW)
Descriptors: Adult Learning, College Instruction, Course Objectives, Graduate Students